ASW 2012 Wrap-Up

Ahh, another ASW come and gone.  As is always the case, it proves to be the show with the most value in almost all categories.  In the past, Ad:Tech might have had the edge on certain areas, and still may, but Affiliate Summit is quickly overtaking them in terms of professional atmosphere and focus on [...]

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New Fun Hobby: RC Planes

About a year ago, Nickycakes saw a video of a guy with a camera strapped to a remote control flying wing flying around buildings and bridges in NYC.   It looked really really fun, so after putting it off until recently, here’s a video shot yesterday with a GoPro HD camera strapped to the top [...]

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Use Cheap VA’s to Save TONS of Time

When Nickycakes makes Facebook ads, he generally test about 100 images each round of split testing.  This could be every day, or every week, depending on volume or how well the campaign is doing.  This takes a LOT of time.  Even if you get really good at photoshop and get a good workflow going for [...]

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WhatRunsWhere Busting Open New Markets

Here are some common stumbling blocks for affiliate marketers new and old alike:

Can’t figure out what to promote
Difficult to find new traffic sources
Hard to compete with existing advertisers
Can’t properly view ads in other countries
Don’t know what ad copy works in other countries

If you plan on being successful (and by successful, nickycakes doesn’t mean upgrading from [...]

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FTC 2011 Crackdown and You

As many of you have been made aware, either through forums, word of mouth, or having it personally affect your business, the FTC recently dropped bombs on about 10 affiliates and a large affiliate network (Copeac).  While the outcomes of these legal actions are uncertain, many are left wondering what they can do to protect [...]

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